Sweta Gupta

Contributing Writer
https://www.infectiousdiseaseadvisor.com

Sweta Gupta is a freelance writer and editor with more than 10 years of experience in media and publishing. She started her career at Wiley, editing textbooks on psychology, counseling, and social work. Afterward, she transitioned to working on professional content with Medscape Education, the largest US provider of continuing medical education programs. Most recently, she managed two websites for a clinician audience: Infectious Disease Advisor and Endocrinology Advisor. She is a graduate of Rutgers University and holds a BA in English literature and a minor in psychology.

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Researchers have developed a clinical prediction tool to estimate the probabilities of third-generation cephalosporin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, and multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) reaffirmed the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists’ (ACOG) recommendation for the use of universal antenatal microbiologic testing for detecting maternal group B streptococcal (GBS) colonization to facilitate appropriate administration of intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis, according to a clinical report recently published in Pediatrics.1 In addition, the report provides current…

Endovascular listeriosis, an infection with Listeria monocytogenes that manifests mainly as vascular infection and endocarditis, occurred mostly in older patients with vascular or cardiac valve prosthetic devices and those with comorbidities.

This study shows that full EV-A71 vaccination was effective in preventing EV-A71-associated hand, foot, and mouth disease in children, and partial vaccination may also provide protective effects, especially in older children.

The use of levofloxacin as prophylaxis for the prevention of neutropenic fever and bloodstream infections was associated with less disruption of the gut microbiome in patients with hematologic malignancy.